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Osgood, Samuel, 1748-1813 to Thomas Harwood

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03541 Author/Creator: Osgood, Samuel, 1748-1813 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Letter signed Date: 22 June 1786 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 26 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Circular letter cosigned by Walter Livingston and Arthur Lee, all as members of the Board of Treasury. Discusses payments made to the state of Maryland and a warrant drawing $10,000 back to the federal government. Harwood was commissioner of loans at Annapolis, Maryland.

Osgood, Samuel, 1748-1813
Harwood, Thomas, fl. 1779-1786
Livingston, Walter, 1740-1797
Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792

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